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Sun Sept 6 - Third day of the Conference


10:00 - 12:00
Kannai Hall
(Main Hall)
Panel Discussion 2 Free Program
“Mayoral Conference about the future of cities”

Mayors from Japan and other countries working on urban planning with particular focus on creativity will discuss the form of cities in an age of no growth and no expansion, and the future possibilities of Creative Cities.

Discussion points:
I. The form of cities in an age of no growth and no expansion

・ Revitalizing urban culture
・ The meaning of qualitative development based on a revitalized culture
II. Effective inter-city exchanges
・ Human and intellectual exchanges
・ Exchanges regarding environmental issues
・ Exchanges regarding environmental issues
* Based on EU experience, the possibility of direct inter-city exchanges in the East Asia region

Panellists:
Volker Stein
Deputy Mayor of Frankfurt, Head of the Department for Security, Public Order and Fire Protection
Lin Chung Chieh
, Director, Urban Design Division, Urban Development Department of Taipei City Government
Laurent Trontin
Adviser on Economic Affiars and Creative Industries to the "Grand Lyon"
MORI genji
Deputy Mayor, Kanazawa City
SHINODA akira
Mayor of Niigata City
KANEDA takayuki
Deputy Mayor of Yokohama City

Coordinator:
KITAZAWA takeru, Professor, Socio-cultural Environment, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo

13:30 - 16:00
Kannai Hall
(Main Hall)

Plenary Meeting
“Report of the Working group sessions”
“Closing of the Conference”

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